From: Xah <xahlee@gmail.com>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: regexp-replace default
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:57:59 -0700 (PDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <108c73dd-ba52-47c3-9acd-190da619614a@i20g2000prf.googlegroups.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: c524c108-7137-4135-8ff8-39d7d504d29b@u28g2000hsc.googlegroups.com
On Oct 15, 2:17 pm, Joe <joesmo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey all,
> Hopefully a simple question for the emacs wizards out there. Say I do
> a regexp-relace of:
>
> M-x replace-regexp
> Replace regexp: foo
> Replace regexp with: bar
>
> But then I realize I actually wanted foo to baz. When I do M-x
> replace-regexp it shows me the default
>
> M-x replace-regexp
> Replace regexp (default foo -> bar):
>
> Is there someway to get the default text and edit that instead of
> typing it in again?
You can press the up/down arrow to go back/forth promp value history.
Other than that, there's no builtin way to simply edit default find/
replace pair.
Xah
∑ http://xahlee.org/
☄
prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-10-15 21:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-10-15 21:17 regexp-replace default Joe
2008-10-15 21:44 ` David Kastrup
2008-10-15 21:45 ` Drew Adams
2008-10-15 21:57 ` Xah [this message]
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